SnB Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 26, 2005 -> 10:04 PM) Iona up by 17 *hug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Iona wins 89-72 and Heads goes on anti-depressants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 26, 2005 -> 08:15 PM) Iona wins 89-72 and Heads goes on anti-depressants. ND has a shot to make you happier cuase I'm gonna be crushed if Stanford gets this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Nah Iowa could lose by 80 in either sport and I wouldn't give a care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 DePaul 59 - 49 Northwestern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilsox7 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Followed the IU game on the internet. First half "looked" terrific. Disappointed in the 2nd half b/c it appeared we forgot to play defense. Still, a 23 point win on the road while shooting 60% works for me. Hopefully we can have a solid showing against Duke without D.J. So far, 3 games and 3 good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Great game going on for the Great Alaska Shootout championship on ESPN2. Lets go Marquette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bones Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Monday, Nov. 28 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Virginia Tech at Ohio State Tuesday, Nov. 29 7:00 p.m. ESPN Wisconsin at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Purdue at Florida State 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Clemson at Penn State 9:00 p.m. ESPN Illinois at North Carolina 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Miami at Michigan Wednesday, Nov. 30 7:00 p.m. ESPN Georgia Tech at Michigan State 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Minnesota at Maryland 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Northwestern at Virginia 9:00 p.m. ESPN Duke at Indiana 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 N.C. State at Iowa Can't wait for this. I've got a good feeling about the Big Ten's chances this year with the new expanded field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Heads my condolences if you didn't off yourself yet. You said you'd wait for me to get back, well I'm back at 2:45 in the morning but I doubt you waited for me after ISU basketball got killed by a school that resembles Iowa if only by name lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 QUOTE(ilsox7 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 12:00 AM) Followed the IU game on the internet. First half "looked" terrific. Disappointed in the 2nd half b/c it appeared we forgot to play defense. Still, a 23 point win on the road while shooting 60% works for me. Hopefully we can have a solid showing against Duke without D.J. So far, 3 games and 3 good results. Yeah, they definitely relaxed in the 2nd half. I don't think they will do that against Duke, nor will they have the opportunity to. The Hoosiers did look great tonight, Western Illinois couldn't decide who or what to stop. Killingsworth had 22 points along w/ 7 boards. Vaden was looking great after starting the season a little rough, 22 points, 8 assists, 6 steals. And the Hoosiers were 16 of 26 from outside the stripe. Now we've got ourselves a few days to prepare for Duke. I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 QUOTE(danman31 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 12:44 AM) Heads my condolences if you didn't off yourself yet. You said you'd wait for me to get back, well I'm back at 2:45 in the morning but I doubt you waited for me after ISU basketball got killed by a school that resembles Iowa if only by name lol. Hell Dan...after they lost to Iona, I even started to feel for Heads and thats coming from the person that wouldn't have given two cents about the ISU/KU game if it weren't for the fact that Heads has driven me nuts knocking on my teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 QUOTE(The Bones @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 07:39 AM) Monday, Nov. 28 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Virginia Tech at Ohio State Tuesday, Nov. 29 7:00 p.m. ESPN Wisconsin at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Purdue at Florida State 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Clemson at Penn State 9:00 p.m. ESPN Illinois at North Carolina 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Miami at Michigan Wednesday, Nov. 30 7:00 p.m. ESPN Georgia Tech at Michigan State 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Minnesota at Maryland 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Northwestern at Virginia 9:00 p.m. ESPN Duke at Indiana 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 N.C. State at Iowa Can't wait for this. I've got a good feeling about the Big Ten's chances this year with the new expanded field. Despite my thoughts on Big Ten being by far the best conference in the nation this season, I really don't like these match-ups for them, especially with their best ammunition going up against that pathetic Georgia Tech squad. I believe it comes down to that last game, and NC State has been very impressive early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 bruce weber deals a blow to the "can't recruit top players" theory: eric gordon chooses illinois obviously this won't be official until he signs on the line, but given the fact that illinois has always been his leader, i'm confident he will be an illini. big-time committment for illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(thedoctor @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 07:45 AM) bruce weber deals a blow to the "can't recruit top players" theory: eric gordon chooses illinois obviously this won't be official until he signs on the line, but given the fact that illinois has always been his leader, i'm confident he will be an illini. big-time committment for illinois. Great news for the Illini on many counts. It blows down the "Weber can't recruit" door, and also, Gordon is close friends with Derrick Rose, another 5 star class of 2007 recruit. I would be very surprised if Illinois doesn't also get Gordon sometime in the near future, and that backcourt under Weber's coaching could be terrifying in the Big 10. Edited November 28, 2005 by whitesoxfan101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 02:30 PM) Great news for the Illini on many counts. It blows down the "Weber can't recruit" door, and also, Gordon is close friends with Derrick Rose, another 5 star class of 2007 recruit. I would be very surprised if Illinois doesn't also get Gordon sometime in the near future, and that backcourt under Weber's coaching could be terrifying in the Big 10. no doubt. rose and gordon are supposed to play against each other on dec. 17 in a shootout in indianapolis. in one of the other games greg oden and mike conley's team will take on proviso east. it will be interesting to see oden and carlwell match-up, although given his talent i'd say oden will probably get the best of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 08:38 AM) no doubt. rose and gordon are supposed to play against each other on dec. 17 in a shootout in indianapolis. in one of the other games greg oden and mike conley's team will take on proviso east. it will be interesting to see oden and carlwell match-up, although given his talent i'd say oden will probably get the best of that one. I am very interested in the matchup you mention in the end of your post. Oden is much more polished than Carlwell, who is still raw (and therefore, not quite as highly ranked as Oden, although still a great prospect) but I think Carlwell's defensive ability against Oden could be fun to watch. (And yes, I'll admit my split allegiances right now. I grew up an Illini fan, but am now a student at NIU. I figure I can like 2 teams in college at least. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 02:48 PM) I am very interested in the matchup you mention in the end of your post. Oden is much more polished than Carlwell, who is still raw (and therefore, not quite as highly ranked as Oden, although still a great prospect) but I think Carlwell's defensive ability against Oden could be fun to watch. (And yes, I'll admit my split allegiances right now. I grew up an Illini fan, but am now a student at NIU. I figure I can like 2 teams in college at least. ) hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. lol. i think that shootout is at southport high school in indianapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 eric gordon-scout profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) eric gordon-scout profile yay bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Gordon is a major committment, and if he gets Rose too that would go a long way toward ending his recruiting issues. However, he still needs to show that he can consistently get some of these guys. So far I see 2 top 50 guys for a team that has ambitions of hanging with the big boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Excellent. Need a good 2007 class, keep it up Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinilaw08 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 11:40 AM) Gordon is a major committment, and if he gets Rose too that would go a long way toward ending his recruiting issues. However, he still needs to show that he can consistently get some of these guys. So far I see 2 top 50 guys for a team that has ambitions of hanging with the big boys. Weber just got a legit top 10 player from out of state, something that hasnt been done by Illinois in my lifetime (I dont count the committment of Vilanueva since he never actually played here). Last thing to say here is that high school rankings do not mean much. Look at the freshman class at Illinois this year, Smith, Frazier and Jackson were not highly recruited, but as freshman Smith and Frazier look like they are going to be good players and I have high hopes for Jackson after he red-shirts this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 QUOTE(illinilaw08 @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 02:09 PM) Weber just got a legit top 10 player from out of state, something that hasnt been done by Illinois in my lifetime (I dont count the committment of Vilanueva since he never actually played here). Last thing to say here is that high school rankings do not mean much. Look at the freshman class at Illinois this year, Smith, Frazier and Jackson were not highly recruited, but as freshman Smith and Frazier look like they are going to be good players and I have high hopes for Jackson after he red-shirts this year. Actually, as long as I've been following Illinois (mid to early 90's), they haven't gotten a top 10 player, period. Cook, Brown, and Frank Williams were by far the best they've gotten, but none of them were top 10 type talent, although they were generally considered top 25. If you want to consider the out of state thing, Williams was a top 50 player out of Texas. The rankings do matter to some extent. There is an obvious difference between getting a top-25 type guy and getting an outside the top 100 guy. There is usually a great amount of consensus between the top 20 or so before they start to vary from ranking to ranking, but once you get around the 50's it gets more subjective. Generally the more talented the guy coming in the more likely that he will be an impact player, although obviously there are exceptions. Someone like Eric Gordon is a much more sure thing than Chester Frazier. Another issue is that usually your freshmen impact players were rated among the best players in the country (at least at your bigger programs), something Illinois is going to need in the near future with Dee and James moving on. You're projecting a lot more with lower rated guys like Frazier, Smith, and Jackson, or even with formerly fairly highly rated guys like McBride and Randle. With those types of guys you hope that they can be a dependable starter by their junior year (maybe as a sophmore if you get lucky), with guys like Gordon and Rose you can count on them much earlier in their development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 New polls: AP Top 25 1 Duke 2 Texas 3 Connecticut 4 Villanova 5 Oklahoma 6 Gonzaga 7 Louisville 8 Boston College 9 Memphis 10 Kentucky 11 Florida 12 Illinois 13 Michigan State 14 Iowa 15 Arizona 16 UCLA 17 Indiana 18 Washington 19 George Washington 20 Nevada 21 Alabama 22 Wake Forest 23 Maryland 24 North Carolina State 25 LSU Coaches Poll 1 Duke 2 Texas 3 Connecticut 4 Villanova 5 Oklahoma 6 Louisville 7 Gonzaga 8 Boston College 9 Memphis 10 Kentucky 11 Florida 12 Illinois 13 Arizona 14 Michigan State 15 Iowa 16 Indiana 17 UCLA 18 Alabama 19 Washington 20 Maryland 21 North Carolina State 22 George Washington 23 Wake Forest 24 Syracuse 25 LSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 You forgot to highlight #12 Illinois in orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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